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(No Model.)

P. F. COLE. GLOVE. &3.

Patented Jan. 19, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

P. FLETCHER COLE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

GLOVE, etc.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,513, dated January 19, 1886.

Application filed August a, 1885.

To all whom/ it may concern:

Be it known that I, P. FLE'roHER CoLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at N ewark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gloves, Mittens, 850.; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will'enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specificatlon.

The object of this invention is to provide a convenient and secure pocket or receptacle in a glove, mitten, or mit, in which change or other small articles can, be placed for ready access; and it consists in a glove, mitten, or mit having a pocket therein, substantially as illustrated in the drawings, described in the specification, and finally embodied in the clause of claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a hand, &c.', having a glove thereon which is provided with a pocket; and Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line so of Fig. 1, through the pocket.

Similar reference letters indicate corre sponding parts in both of the figures.

The glove shown in the drawings to illustrate my invention is a right-hand glove; but the pocket may be made in either the righthand or left-hand glove, or both. The pocket a is formed in the palm of the hand, so that the fingers can close down upon the mouth thereof. The said pocket is preferably formed by cutting a slit or opening in the palm of the glove and sewing a reenforcing piece, 1), around the edge thereof, to prevent the tearing of the material of the glove. On the under side of the palm of the glove is sewed a piece of material, 0, similar to that from which the glove is made, or of any suitable description, as dotted on Fig. 1 or shown in section in Fig. 2, forming the receptacle or pocket. The said piece a may be so sewed to the glove that the month shall be in the center of Fig, 1.

thereof,-but is preferably so attached that the pocket extends in its longest direction toward the fingers, as indicated by the dotted lines Serial No. 173,343. (No model.)

greatest safety to the contents of the pocket, since the natural position of the hands in walking is hanging down at the sides of the body, so that the mouth becomes the top of the pocket, similar to an ordinary pocket in a coat or other garment. The advantage of placing the pocket in the palm of the glove is, that by contracting the hand the glove is relaxed, so that the mouth may be easily opened and any small article inserted in the pocket, but on permitting the hand to return to its normal position the glove tightens across the palm, closes the mouth, and thereby effectually prevents the contents of the pocket from escaping therefrom. Furthermore, security is made still more certain by placing the pocket in the palm of the glove, as the fingers may be closed down upon the mouth, as will be readily perceived by referring to Fig. 1.

I am aware that it is not entirely new to place a pocket in a glove; but it has been formed on the gauntlet'of the glove, and not as I purpose placing it, not having the advantages possessed by my arrangement, as hereinbefore specified. The pocket in the gauntlet requires a flap or some other means to close the month, while my arrangement utilizes the natural movement of the hand.

I am also aware that gloves, mits, &c., have been made with pockets therein for holding small articles-such as coins, &c-to which access is had through the palm and at the wrist; but in the glove referred to, having an opening in the palm, the said mouth or opening is in the center of the pocket, while in my improved glove the mouth is at one end of the pocket, which extends toward the fingers, and articles placed therein are more effectually prevented from escaping, since the natural position in walking is with the hands hanging downward, and when the fingers are closed they hold the coins under the same. In the glove having a pocket extending toward the fingers, the mouth thereof is at the wrist, so that to enable the fingers to close upon and hold the coins the pocket must necessarily be made very deep, which prevents the coins from being easily removed from the pocket and renders the device impracticable. Moreover, the coat-sleeve interferes in getting into the pocket when the mouth is at the This is preferred, as it secures the glove possesses, and which results from extending the pocket toward the fingers, is, thatby bending the fingers over toward the wrist the flesh at the base of the fingers rises and pushes the coins in the pocket toward or partly protruding from the mouth thereof, and permitting the easy withdrawal of the coin. This cannot be done when the month is in the center of the pocket or at the wrist, as the coins are not directed by the shape of the pocket toward the fingers, which is necessary to produce the desired result. As the pocket is intended especially for kid gloves, this pushing outward of the coin is very desirable, as it is otherwise very difficult to get at the coin, because of the tightness of the glove.

Having thus described my invention, I desire to claim the following:

As an improved article of manufacture, a

glove or init having an opening in the palm thereof which constitutes the mouth of a P. FLETCHER COLE.

-Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, ()sen-a A. MICHEL. 

